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By Mike Sutter
| Friday, July 10, 2009, 10:52 AM
It’s bad news and good news for the fans of Shuggie’s, the beloved burger branch of the Torchy’s Tacos family tree at the South Austin Trailer Park & Eatery.
Shuggie’s will be closing after a long farewell this weekend. The good news is that Torchy’s will soldier on at the Park and its two other Austin locations.
In a press release that shows off the Weird Austin sensibility that’s propelled Torchy’s to fame, the owners implicated certain burger-chain mascots in Shuggie’s demise. “The driver seemed to be a giant ping-pong ball with a pointy yellow hat and the shooter had a white & red striped arm with a yellow glove,” the release said.
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